Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of the Rhine, 1674-5
c.1782Etching and engraving; printed on one sheet of paper | Scale: 1:88,000 approx. | RCIN 724008.d
The map extends from the forested area north of Weidenthal (Hinterweidenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°11ʹ44ʺN 07°45ʹ15ʺE) in the top left corner, to Unter Erbistrum (Unterörwisheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 49°08ʹ35ʺN 08°40ʹ09ʺE) in the top right corner, and from south of Berenthal (Baerenthal, Lorraine, France 48°58ʹ42ʺN 07°31ʹ03ʺE) in the bottom left corner to Ebersrod (Oberstrot, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 48°44ʹ46ʺN 08°20ʹ40ʺE) in the bottom right corner.
Condition: one fold line; crease marks. Verso: surface dirt.
Jean-Baptiste Jacques de Beaurain (1728-c. 1785) (cartographer and publisher)
Berlin (active 1782) (engraver)
la Dame veuve Dutertre (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GermanyWatermark: Indistinct: [a crowned eagle; countermark: FIN DE [cropped heart] TAMIZIER AUVERGNE / 1782]
Condition: one fold line; crease marks. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:88,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2400 Toises de France [53 mm =].
58.6 x 77.8 cm (neatline)
61.0 x 78.9 cm (image)
61.4 x 83.7 cm (platemark)
61.5 x 84.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
4e P[lanche]. [top right, above edge of border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Rhine 1674, 1675.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine Carte topographique du Cours du Rhin depuis Basle jusqu’a Mayence, sur laquelle on a tracé les mouvements et les positions des Armées Francoises et Allemandes pendant les campagnes de 1674 et 1675: par le Chev.er de Beaurain. 6 feuilles.
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